European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 12, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 7suspect in 4 slayings surrenders California to. A a Man suspected of killing three Law officers and a sheriffs wife surrendered peacefully tuesday night after hiding for hours in a strangers Home. He Hadnot threatened the woman in the Home and she even made him lunch before he released her and she was Able to Contact police an official said. Police had hunted door to door for the suspect James r. Johnson 42. Schools and businesses closed and residents of this Central Missouri town stayed indoors because of what one person called a a grip of  the shootings began at Johnson a Home monday night and happened in four different places. Two victims were shot outside the Maniteau county jail. Their bodies Lay on the Street for about eight hours because authorities feared that anyone going after them would also be shot. Outside the jail an officer using a 5 bodies found on Roadside by the los Angeles times los Angeles a led by a tip to a Roadside Clearing in a Remote Canyon los Angeles police tuesday discovered the bodies of five people who worked on a catering truck that was found ransacked Ana abandoned two Days earlier. The hands of the victims were bound with tape and their bodies left just beyond a Guardrail according to witnesses to the crime scene. The victims All from los Angeles were identified As Ismael Cervantes sr., 43 his son from an earlier marriage Ismael Cervantes jr., 13 the trucks Cook Francisco Gasca 31 and two Brothers who did Odd jobs for Cervantes Heribeto Sandoval 19, and Jesus Sandoval 16. Investigators said the five had wounds indicating they were shot and stabbed but the motive and possible killers remained unknown. Although robbery was a possibility police said it was doubtful that Ismael Cervantes had More than $400 in proceeds with him in his food truck a a fixture for 10 years in a predominantly latino neighbourhood of the san Fernando Valley. Police would not say whether Money was found in the truck or on the victims. A we still have a great Deal of unanswered questions at this Point a said police it. John Zorn who was heading the investigation. Police made the grim discovery tuesday morning after receiving a Call from a Man who lives in the area and saw the bodies a Day earlier while walking his dog. The Man whom investigators did not identify told police he saw the bodies after they had drawn the attention of his dog. But he thought they were discarded mannequins and did nothing. It was not Clear whether the victims had been killed there or elsewhere and their bodies dumped com said. He declined to say whether there were signs of a struggle. Relatives and acquaintances said the elder Cervantes had no vices or debts that would attract enemies. Customers regarded Cervantes As Good natured and generous. A the was so Nice he gave away free food to homeless people said Arturo Sida who works at a furniture store on the same Block where Cervantes had routinely parked his food truck six Days a week for nearly 10 years. Iowa Missouri Illinois Kan California site of shooting Jefferson okla. Arkansas Tenn. A amps Susan Harris bullhorn warned his colleagues a suspect is a Vietnam Veteran. He is experienced in sniper  a family dispute May have triggered the rampage said John Weed the former husband of Johnson a wife Jerri. He said his daughter Dawn Becker 17, who lived with her Mother and Johnson told him by Telephone that Johnson became upset because the Mother and daughter could not attend a Church service. Johnson a helicopter technician with the Missouri National guard was believed to have been armed with a .22-caliber Rifle and two pistols. State Highway patrol sgt. Terry Moore gave this chronology a Maniteau county Deputy Leslie Roark 27, was fatally shot while answering a Domestic disturbance Call monday night at Johnson a Rural Home near Jamestown about 10 Miles North of California. A while sheriff Kenny Jones went to Roarks Aid the gunman went to Jones Home in Clarksburg and fatally shot the sheriffs wife Pam Jones 38, in the head through a window while she led a prayer meeting for about 20 Church members. A Early tuesday Maniteau county Deputy Russell Borts 29, was shot at his Home two blocks from the jail after he returned from investigating the shooting of Marlene Decastro right Mother of Pascal Carpenter and another family member leave court tuesday after her son and three other youths were found guilty. Pam Jones. He was hospitalized in serious condition. A Cooper county sheriff Charles r. Smith 54, and Sandra Wilson 42, a Miller county Deputy who had come to help investigate were fatally shot when they ran out of the jail after hearing shots. Johnson spent much of tuesday at an elderly woman a Home in town Moore said. The trooper said the woman told police she stepped onto her Back porch tuesday morning and found Johnson standing there with two guns. She urged Johnson to surrender and told him a Man would be picking her up to take her to an afternoon party Moore said. She promised Johnson she would not Tell police but when the Friend a a retired state trooper a picked her up they drove straight to police Headquarters. Police surrounded the House and began Telephone negotiations Moore said. Johnson surrendered peacefully about two hours later. Utah family to sue nyc in son s death new York up the Sherwin Watkins family was Happy with tuesdays guilty verdict against four youths in the death of their son but they also planned to go Back to court a with a $100 million lawsuit against the City. Although the Provo Utah family repeatedly has said they hold no rancor toward the big Apple where their son was killed they filed notice they will sue new York and several City agencies. Brian Watkins 22, was stabbed to death when he and three members of his family were victims of a subway mugging in Midtown Manhattan sept. 2,1990. In emotion choked testimony at the criminal trial family members described the horror of the attack but Only touched upon their frustrated efforts to get help before Brian died. A your claim deals with the failures on the part of the City of new York the transit authority the Token Booth clerk the phone system and the failure of the emergency medical system to bring Brian to the right Hospital a lot of things a lawyer Charles Brofman said. After two Days of deliberations the jury convicted the four defendants on All felony murder and robbery counts. Pascal Carpenter Emiliano Fernandez Johnny Hincapie and Ricardo Nova will be sentenced Jan. 3. Four other defendants will be tried next year. Son of Sam crime profit Laws overturned by the los Angeles times Washington in a surprisingly Broad defense of the right to free speech the supreme court on tuesday unanimously struck Down the so called a son of same Laws that allow crime victims to collect a criminals profits from books or movies. Even though the Laws have the laudable purpose of aiding those who suffer at the hands of a criminal the first amendment does not a permit the government to discriminate on the basis of he Content of the message a the court said. State officials and crime victims can go after the funds of criminals the justices said either through lawsuits or sentencing Laws which can order the seizure All assets of a convict. But the government cannot enforce a Law aimed solely at obtaining Money derived from publications movies plays or other a expressive activity a it said. The ruling appears to invalidate Laws in new York California and 38 other states that were designed to prevent a notorious criminal from profiting from his crime. In the summer of 1977, a series of random shootings by a serial killer who dubbed himself a the son of same terrorized new York City. State lawmakers feared that the murderer once captured could earn millions of dollars by telling his Story to magazines and Book publishers. The Taw required a publisher filmmaker or anyone else who contracted with a any person accused or convicted of crime regarding a Are enactment of such crime to present the contract to a state crime victims Board. The Board was empowered to seize All proceeds from the contract and hold them for five years. Both the victims and the criminals lawyers could seek a portion of the proceeds. In 1986, the new York Board sought $96,250 from publisher Simon amp schuster that had been paid to mafia figure Henty Hill for recounting his life of crime. His Story was turned into the Book Wiseguy life in a mafia family which in turn became the basis for the film Goodfe uus. Attorneys for the new York publisher paid the Money but they challenged the state Law. They contended that it was too Broad because it could be applied even to authors whose life Story included minor criminal violations that occurred in the Distant past